Lot no. 241
Attributed to Hans REICHLE (Schongau, circa 1565 - Brixen, 1642)
Allegory of Spring
Bronze with shaded brown patina
Height: 32.5 cm
Allegory of Spring, bronze, brown patina, attr. to H. Reichle
H. 12.79 in.
Provenance: Collection of Sir Leon Bagrit (1902-1979) ;
Anonymous sale; Middleborough, Massachusetts, White's Auctions, 24 September 2023, no. 81 ;
Acquired at this sale by the current owner;
Private collection, Belgium
Bibliography: Robert Forrer, The Collection of Bronzes And Castings in Brass And Ormolu Formed By Mr. F.J. Nettlefold, London, 1934, p. 47, pl. 11 (under the title Cérès)
Yvonne Hackenbroch, "Bronzes in the Collection of Mr Leon Bagrit, Part. II. The Female nude", The Connoisseur, vol. CXLIII, n°578, June 1959, p. 215, n° 3
Charles Avery, Giambologna, 1529-1608. Sculptor to the Medici, London, 1978, p. 72-73, no. 17
Edited by Christoph Brochaus and Gottlieb Leinz, Die Beschwörung des Kosmos, Europaïsche Bronzen der Renaissance, cat. exhibition, Duisburg, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, 6 November 1994-15 January 1995, p.164-165, notice 65
Volker Krahn, Von allen Seiten schön. Bronzen der Renaissance und des Barock. Wilhelm von Bode zum 150. Geburtstag, exhibition catalogue, Berlin, Staatliche Museen Berlin, 31 October 1995-28 January 1996, p. 472, notice 168
Related bibliography :
Friedrich Kriegbaum, "Hans Reichle", Jahrbuch der Kunsthistorischen Sammlungen Wien, 1931, pp. 238 and 239, figures 265 and 266
Hans R. Weihrau, Europäische Bronzestatuetten Jahrhundert, Braunschweig, 1967, p. 334, ill. 406
Thomas P. Bruhn, Hans Reichle (1565/70 - 1642): a reassessment of his sculpture, doctoral thesis, University of Pennsylvania, 1981, p.178, note 32, and fig. 86
Ursel Berger and Volker Krahn, Bronzen der Renaissance und des Barock, Braunschweig, Herzog-Anton-Ulrich-Museum, 1994, p. 242 and p. 245, note 2.
Leo Andergassen, "Der Bildhauer Hans Reichle und der Altarbau", Renaissance altäre und Epitaphien in Tirol, Innsbruck, 2007.
Dorothea Diemer, "Hans Reichles Werke für St. Ulrich und Afra", Geschichte, Kunst, Wirtschaft und Kultur einer ehemaligen Reichsabtei. Festschrift zum tausendjährigen Jubiläum, III. Nachtrag, edited by Thomas Groll and Walter Ansbacher, Augsburg, 2012, pp. 21-76.
Alexander Rudigier, "Les bronzes envoyés de Florence à Saint-Germain-en-Laye, la Vénus de 1597 et les dernières œuvres de Jean Bologne", Bulletin monumental, 2016, tome 174, p. 287-356
Albert Pürgstaller, Der Innenhof der Hofburg Brixen in der Entwicklungsgeschichte der europäischen Renaissancearchitektur, Masterarbeit zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades Master of Arts (Master's thesis), under the supervision of Dr. Paul Naredi-Rainer, Institut für Kunstgeschichte Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät der Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, 2023
Other copies listed:
Attributed to Hans Reichle, circa 1601-1602, Allegory of Spring, bronze with red-brown patina, H. 34 cm, Dresden, Staatliches Kunstsammlungen, Grünes Gewolbe, inv. no. I.N.IX.99 (fig. 1)
Attributed to Hans Reichle, early 17th century, Allegory of Spring, bronze with brown shaded patina, H. 35.5 cm, public sale, Paris, Marc-Arthur Kohn S.A.S, 13 April 2012, no. 39
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